Ch 2 Vocab

Question 1

— dogon masking society

Answer 1

Awa

Question 2

— the classical Indian dance that developed between 500 BC and 500 AD in the southern India region of Tamil Nadu

Answer 2

Bharatanatyam

Question 3

— the swing-out moments in the Lindy Hop where dance partners separate to individually improvise their own rhythmically charged moments of spontaneous movement

Answer 3

Breakaway

Question 4

— a week-long ritual celebration of the Dogon people that ushers the spirits of the dead from the earthly realm into the spirit world

Answer 4

Dama

Question 5

— masks for the dancers of Dama

Answer 5

Èmna

Question 6

— the scientific study of dance that encompasses other disciplines, such as anthropology, musicology, and ethnography, to not only focus on the dance content but also reveal the social and cultural relationships

Answer 6

Ethnochoreology

Question 7

— Japanese dance drama

Answer 7

Kabuki

Question 8

— the traditional poses of the body the dancer moves through in Indian dance

Answer 8

Karanas

Question 9

— an American social dance that emerged during the 1930s

Answer 9

Lindy Hop

Question 10

— a codified posse in which the Japanese dancer will pause dramatically

Answer 10

Mie

Question 11

— the stylized gestures made with the hands in Indian dance

Answer 11

Mudras

Question 12

— the portion of Indian that includes spoken word, movement, song, and scenery; implies both theater and dance

Answer 12

Natya

Question 13

— female impersonator in kabuki

Answer 13

Onnagata

Question 14

— the aesthetic, spiritual, and emotional response initiated through the performers and experienced by the spectator

Answer 14

Rasa Theory